Container.



W. J. BOYLE, SR.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1916.

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dimer CONTAINER.

Specification of Iii-otters Patent.

Patented J line 19, 1917.

Application filed July 1916. Serial No. 109,504;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIs J. BOYLE, Sn,

' a citizenof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angcles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers and more particularly tocanteens for carrying .and dispensing waterand other liquids, and

it has for its object to provide a container construction which will be superior in point of inherent strength, prevention of leakage or dissipation of contents, simplicity and inexpensiveness in construction or manufacture and durability, all taken in consideration with compactness in form and containing capacity.

With the above and other'objects in view, the invention consists in the provision, -format/ion, construction, combination and interrelation of parts, members and features,

all as hereinafter described shown'in the drawing and finally pointed out. in claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container constructed and organized and formed in accordance with the invention,'tl1e same being specifically a canteen for holding and dispensing liquids;

Fig. 2 is a side edge view of the canteen shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary and partially diagrammatic view, also partly in section, 01? features and parts of the canteen construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and of means and devices utilized in forming or assembling such parts and features of the canteen construction; and

Fig. t is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the parts and members of the canteen structure during the formation and assemblage of the same in a stage or stages earlier thanillustrated in Fig. 3.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the same reference characters. Referring with particularity tothe drawing, the improved container or, specifically, the canteen therein disclosed, is shown as comprising two lateral body members a and 7) and an intermediate connecting body 1 member 0, such members together inclosing an internal space to which liquid is introduced and from which liquid may be dispcnsed through a threaded spout or out wa rd] y projecting mouth d which surrounds a suitable orifice or opening produce d through the intermediate body member a. Keepers or strap guides e are provided uponthe container body, arching over the intermediate body member 0, so as to suitably accommodate a strap between such keepers andthe intermediate body member a, and

likewise between seam-beads f provided or" produced at the'zones of junction of the members a and b respectively, and the intermediate membercc. These keepers e pref erablyconsist each of a metallic strip 4 the ends of'which are bent at acute angles as at 5 and soldered or: otherwise suitably connected at their extremities, as at 6, with the body members a and b respectively. These strips are bent inwardly at acuteangles'5 at'their ends and soldered as at 6 to the respective body members a and b in the inner angular portions of the channels 9 most remote from.

the body'member c. The connection by soldering at these points is thus protected and rendered less liable to fracture or disturb-.

ance. These latter body members flare outwardly or laterally from the plane of the intermediate member c and this flare at its initiation produces, due to the peculiar ar rangement and formation of parts hereinafter set forth, an annular channel or recess 9 over which the respective seam-bead f PIOJGCtS or is positioned. This channel is thus produced between the respective seeinbead and a portion of the respective body member a or 7), and its provision permits of closely uniting the respective body member a or 72 to the body member 0, in the bodyforming or assembling operations, so that the necessity of using solder or othenseamclosing substance 1s entirely avolded. In. other words, the provision of this channel 9 permits of the application of a suitable chuck or jig h to the respective body member a or b in such position as to project within the respective channel g and to effectively maintain the structural integrity of such" member a. or I) and the member 0 during the forming or bending or folding of the material of such members to produce the seambead 7". Such chuck or the like. IL provides an eflicient backing or bed against which the pressures of such forming operations are exerted, preventing the mis-shaping or collapsion of the parts orvmembers. The body members are initially so formed as to pro-- vide for this channel 9 and the use of such chuck or jig, as will hereinafter be detion of a suitable therefore main annular portion 12 I and which portions 11 are fitted against and veloped, and it hasbeen found that without the provision of such channel the formathe body members, without using solder or the like, is practically impossible. Aside from the particular formation of the seambead, an important phase of the invention consists in the provision of this channel or these channels 5 or the structural combination of the body members a and Z) and 0 formed to provide the channels g, together with the over-hanging or over-lying seam-beads f.

In practising the invention, in' the particular form shown in the drawing, each of the body members a and 6 comprises a circular central portion 5 provided with an annular marginal portion 6 directed inwardly at the angle from the central portion 5, and a further annular marginal portion 7 directed inwardly from the portion' 6 at right angles to the portion 5 and from which at right angles projects an annular marginal portion 8 provided with an annular marginal portion 9 overlying and parallel with the annular portion 7 so that the chamber 9 is formed and provided between such portions 7, 8 and .9. A final annular marginal portion 10 is provided upon the portion 9, at right angles to the portions 7 and 9 and parallel with the portion 8. The body member c is provided with lateral or marginal annular portions 11 outstanding from the of such member 0,

within the portions 10 of the respective members a and b, when the member a is first put into position, the portion 12 of such member 0 being brought to bear upon the portions 9 of such members a and b. This arrangement is illustrated in F ig. 4 and particularly at the lefthand side of such figure. To produce the seam-bead f the chuck it is brought to bear upon the respective memhers a and b so that it intrudes in a close fit within the respective channel g. A suitable forming roll or tool is brought to bear upon the portion 10 of the respective member a or b, so as to bend the same inwardly and downwardly upon the adjacent portion 11 of the member a, into the relation shown at the righthand side of Fig. 4, the portion 10 being broader than the portion 11, so that it may overlap and almost entirely embrace the portion 11 as shown at therighthand side of Fig. 4. Another suitable forming roll or tool is then applied to the so partially-formed seam-bead and it is upset or bent or folded down onto the portion 12 of the member 0 as'clearly shown'in Fig. 3, all of the parts of the seam-bead, or all of the folds of the portions 9, 10 11 and 12 entering into the same, being firmly compressed together to produce a tight joint proof scam or seam-bead to .unite ,.cur at the seam-beads.

against leakage. This perforn'iancc 1's rendered possible by the fact that the chuck it backs up the operation, completely filling the channel surrounded by the portions 7, Sand 9, and permitting the portions 9, l0, l1 and 12 to be tightly pressed together upon such chuck, without collapsion of the parts which would otherwise occur were the aid of such chuck not possible due to the proviaccommodate such same time in the succession of operations described, by employing two sets of forming rolls or tools for operating upon the portions which eventually comprise such completed seam-bead.

The resultant container or oughly liquid-tight, and no filling substance is necessary result. Thus, the canteen or container may safely be heated to heat its contents without danger of opening the seams, which only c- The discharge Spout (Z may of course be suitably jointed to the member a without the use of solder or the like, for similar reasons.

The elimination of the necessity of using solder of course eliminates one relatively expensive and laborious operation in scaling up the joints of'the canteen, andtbe resultant article of manufacture obtained in practising the invention is inherently stronger and more durable than containers otherwise assembled. and has many superior advantages in utility, and is of a decorative and neat a 'ipeai'ance. Provision of the flaring side member a which is necessary in order to obtain a canteen of suitable capacity for a given diameter or size, renders the provision of the essential channel 1 conveniently possible, providing rho wall of such channel at the portion 7.

A container or canteen constructed and organized as described and shown in the drawing is, as pointed out, oi great inherent strength and of great resist ance to crushing canteen is thorsolder or omtto produce this strains applied to the lateral body members a and 7). So great is this mherent strength the particular features shown in the drawing and hereinabove described, Without departing from the true spirit ofthe invention or the terms of the following claim.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A ('anteen or like 'container, includingan annular sheet metal body, side plates formed with peripheral outwardly opening channels of which the outer side Walls telescope within the edges of the annular sheet metal body,

the edges of the side plates and sheetmetal body being connected by continuous seams, and keepers extending transversely across the-annular sheet metal body and having the 15 ends thereof returned and secured within the peripheral channels of the side plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIS J. BOYLE, SR.

\Vi tnesses EDNA TURNER, ALI-RED H. DAnnLnn. 

